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Health and Welfare Plans

As a University of California employee, you help shape the quality of life for people throughout California and around the world.

Every faculty and staff member plays an important role in UC’s mission of education, research and public service; UC’s high-quality, comprehensive benefits are among the rewards you receive in return. These benefits are an important part of your total compensation.

Health and Welfare Plans

The Compensation, and Health and Welfare Benefits Program provides both choice and value to meet the needs of our diverse workforce. For questions regarding health and welfare benefits, please contact the UCPath Center at (855) 982-7284.
Health and Welfare Resources

In addition to competitive compensation and benefits for all UC employees, we would like to share the following health and welfare resources:

Medical Insurance

Medical Plan

Selecting the appropriate health plan for you and your family is important. UC offers employees a variety of medical plans with a broad selection of providers and plan designs to fit your needs—including UC Medical Center physicians, hospitals, and medical groups.

UCnet – Medical Plans webpage

Telehealth Services

All UC health plans offer phone and/or video options for obtaining medical and behavioral health care. For more information, please visit the UCnet – Telehealth Services webpage.

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Dental Plan

The Delta Dental plans provide you and your eligible family members the flexibility to select any licensed dentist or specialist. Your share of the cost for services depends on whether you utilize an in network or out of network Delta Dental HMO or PPO provider.

UCnet – Dental Plan webpage

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 Vision Plan

VSP is the University of California-sponsored vision plan offering vision care coverage for eligible employees and family members.


 

UCnet – Vision Plan webpage.

Behavioral Health Plans

Kaiser HMO

Behavioral health and substance abuse coverage are provided by Kaiser and Optum. Kaiser members may access care from Kaiser behavioral health providers and from Optum in-network providers. If you are seeking care through Optum as a Kaiser HMO member, there is no charge for your first three routine office or telemental health visits; you will be charged a $30 copayment for each of your following visits.

Please note: Kaiser and Optum do not coordinate care or costs of behavioral health services and each plan has specific requirements. Therefore, it is important to select behavioral health services carefully and follow all of the plan guidelines and authorization requirements for the behavioral health services plan you select.

For information about your benefits, preauthorization for certain services, and help finding a provider:

  • Optum - Call 888-440-8225
  • Kaiser (Southern California) - Call your local clinic or 800-900-3277 after hours
  • Kaiser (Northern California) - Call your local clinic or 800-464-4000 after hours

Insurance

Disability Insurance
Disability Insurance  

Having the right disability insurance in place is a critical—and often overlooked—piece of your financial safety net. This coverage provides you essential peace of mind should illness or injury ever prevent you from working for an extended period of time.  As a UC employee, you have options for disability coverage.  UC does not participate in the State Disability Insurance program.  This coverage is your only option for insuring your income in the event of illness or injury. 

For more information, please visit the UCnet – Basic and Voluntary Disability webpage.

Other Resources

Flexible Spending
Flexible Spending Accounts 

Health and dependent care related expenses are applied differently for each participant and some of the responsibility for the costs are shared by the members.  The University's Health Flexible Spending Accounts allow you to set aside pre-tax funds each year for these types of expenses to manage the costs and save on your income taxes. 

UCnet – Flexible Spending Accounts webpage.